1. The captain knew that another attempt would be made later, for the sunken ship he was trying to find had been carrying a precious cargo of gold bullion. 2. Before motors, people needed fast sailboats to carry precious cargos, and captains wanted to have the fastest boats so they could be the best at shipping. 3. But combining the two stories of the sinking of the Central America in a hurricane and the salvage of its precious cargo soon swamped Kinder. 4. Convertible tops admit miniature geysers from every joint, and water pours past the trunk rubber to turn any precious cargo into a sodden mess. 5. He makes arrangements to staff the brain bank late into the evening to receive the precious cargo. 6. If welfare recipients are already leading such difficult lives, why ask them to also handle such precious cargo? 7. News organizations monitored the trek by helicopter, and police vehicles rode alongside the precious cargo. 8. Only a select few aboard the destroyer knew about the precious cargo. 9. The creamy-white plane had no markings on it, no logos to tip off anybody about the precious cargo inside. 10. The precious cargo was sitting overnight at San Francisco International Airport with no inspector on hand from U.S. Customs to approve the shipment for import. |